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AR Rahman's song to celebrate 100 years of cinema

A.R. Rahman has been roped in to compose a special song commemorating 100 years of Indian cinema.

President of South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce (SIFCC), C. Kalyan, told DC, "Yes, Rahman will compose a song. Mani Ratnam took the initiative and persuaded him to do it."

"We’re taking keen interest in the lyrics. They will represent all Indian languages. A scholar of each language will pen lyrics for their part. Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry will pen the Telugu lyrics."

The South’s celebration of 100 years of Indian Cinema is scheduled to take place from September 1 to 3 in Chennai.

Kalyan added, "The first day is marked for celebrations of Tamil and Malayalam industries; the second day is for the Telugu and Kannada film industries." The event’s final day will be an extravaganza. Where bigwigs of the film fraternity including Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan are slated to be present.

The chief ministers of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala will also participate on the final day.

Having earlier drawn flak for issuing only 50 postal stamps honouring famous film personalities, the organisers are now plan ning to issue 50 more.

T Selvakumar, author of the book, said, “The book is a tribute by AR Rahman to singers who have influenced his music."

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He adds, "It is also a heartwarming tribute by the singers to the composer, the special man who shared with them his unique and compassionate style of working and who helped them to tap into and discover musical potential which sometimes even they didn’t know they possessed.”

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Published by Audio Media Inc, the proceeds from the book sales will be used to support causes taken up by A R Rahman Foundation.